UK strikes EU trade and defence reset in 'new era' for relations


  • World
  • Monday, 19 May 2025

Containers are stacked at the Port of Felixstowe, Britain, January 28, 2021. Picture taken January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain agreed the most significant reset of defence and trade ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump's upending of the global order pushed the two sides to move on from their acrimonious divorce.

Nearly nine years after it voted to leave the bloc, Britain reached a wide-ranging deal with the EU including a security and defence pact, fewer restrictions on British food exporters and visitors, and a contentious new fishing agreement.

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!

Next In World

Putin amends law to let Russia ignore foreign criminal courts
Kosovo's 'political earthquake' election sees Kurti resurgent
Trump-Zelenskiy talks yield no progress on Ukraine-Russia territorial issues
US pledges $2 billion in humanitarian support to UN, State Department says
Families demand answers a year after South Korea's Jeju Air crash
Three Turkish police, six Islamic State militants killed in clash, amid national crackdown
Kremlin says Ukraine should withdraw troops from Donbas, and a Putin-Trump call expected soon
Indonesian authorities recover body during search for drowned Spanish soccer coach and his children
Bangladesh’s Gen-Z party faces revolt over Islamist alliance, risking its future
Syria secures Assad-era mass grave revealed by Reuters and opens criminal investigation

Others Also Read